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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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The changing face of Tony Blair
Blair characterised by ‘wasted opportunity’

Tony Blair’s premiership has been a decade of waste, his critics claim, and unusually one of his closest confidantes agrees. Lord Falconer, the lord chancellor, admits Mr Blair missed the opportunity to push for radical reforms in public services in the years immediately following his landslide election victory. In an interview with the Guardian to… Read more »

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Alternate week councils boost recycling by 30%
Councils urged to cut bin days to boost recycling

Adopting fortnightly bin collections enables councils to increase recycling rates by nearly a third, a Local Government Association (LGA) report has concluded. More than a third of English councils now collect landfill waste and recycling on alternate weeks. The LGA found these now have an average recycling rate of 30 per cent, compared to average… Read more »